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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/4] x86/static_call: Add inline static call implementation for x86-64
    On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:50:16 -0800
    Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

    > Instead, I'd suggest:
    >
    > - just restart the instruction (with the suggested "ptregs->rip --")
    >
    > - to avoid any "oh, we're not making progress" issues, just fix the
    > instruction yourself to be the right call, by looking it up in the
    > "what needs to be fixed" tables.

    So basically this will cause the code to go into a spin while we are
    doing the update, right?

    -- Steve

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